Emotionally Speaking

मेरा हिन्दुस्तां: A Hindi poem on India on the eve of Independece Day

The following Hindi poem on India is by friend and writer Wasi Bastavi aka Wasi-Ul-Haque, a PhD student at CAAS, SLL&CS, JNU. This was originally a song on India and all things Indian. This Hindi poem is being published as a warm-up to India’ s Independence Day on 15 August 2009. The poem is [...]

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पानी बचाएँ बने महान: Hindi Poem on the need for Saving Water and Conservation

This is a Hindi poem/slogans on the need for saving water and the need for environmental conservation. You may also click here for a comics on Saving Water. Click here for all the Hindi posts and poems on this blog. Copyright: Vikas, PhD student,  JNU. You are free to share it for non-commercial purposes [...]

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दिल्ली की गर्मी: A Short Hindi Poem on Delhi Summer

This is a short Hindi poem on Delhi’s painful Summer season that was written before the monsoons arrived. Delhi is famous for both the summer and winter! MORE ON DELHI: You may click here for  my long poem on Delhi (English), click here for a comics on Delhi summer and here for a comics [...]

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Hindi Poem on would-be wife: पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर

This is a short, sweet Hindi poem, pure imagination. Image from the web. मैं अपनी पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर खूब सुकून पाता हूँ सारे दुःख गम टेंशन परेशानियां पल में भूल जाता हूँ! गोरी-गोरी उन बाँहों में दिखती है मुझको जन्नत हर जनम में मेरी ही रहना मांगू रब से यही मन्नत! उसकी बाँहों की जकड़न हर दर्द निचोड़ देती है थक रही सी जिन्दगी [...]

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Poem on Sonia, Slogans on Atal (Hindi/हिन्दी )!

From my archives; mid- 2004. I was happy about the probability that the country was going to  have a female PM . I was upset over the hullabaloo over her Italian origins. I don’t have any special liking for her or the Congress party; I just wanted a ‘woman’ at the helm. So, I [...]

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In Gandhi’s Shoes!

Today is the 61st death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Today is also the anti-Leprosy day. I came across this cool campaign to espouse non-violence: In Gandhi’s Shoes! It is a campaign to “let the father of the nation talk to his people once again.” Its inaugural event is in the  JNU campus (Delhi) today near the [...]

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